Vitry Large Scale mAbs Engineering Project Head

Job Title: Large Scale mAbs Engineering Project Head

Location: Vitry sur Seine, France

About the Job

We deliver 4.3 billion healthcare solutions to people every year, thanks to the flawless planning and meticulous eye for detail of our Manufacturing & Supply teams. With your talent and ambition, we can do even more to protect people from infectious diseases and bring hope to patients and their families.

Join Sanofi’s Specialty care and project delivery team as the Vitry Large Scale mAbs Engineering Project Head. In this critical role, you will lead the Vitry Large Scale mAbs project and be responsible for coordinating all activities associated with the setup of the new drug substance manufacturing building. You will be responsible for early enabling works, permitting, and constructability reviews before taking the project through BOD, DD, Construction, Commissioning and Qualification and Handover. You will represent the Global Engineering in the overall project, working in very close collaboration with the Vitry Site team.

At Sanofi, we are committed to pushing the limits of science to improve people’s lives. Be part of a global healthcare company that transforms the practice of medicine, connecting our science to the communities we serve.

We are an innovative global healthcare company with one purpose: to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We’re also a company where you can flourish and grow your career, with countless opportunities to explore, make connections with people, and stretch the limits of what you thought was possible. Ready to get started?

Main responsibilities:

From project execution phase up to routine manufacturing, Vitry Engineering Project Head is responsible for:

• Providing overall leadership and direction to the Project team, ensuring the manufacturing facility and equipment are properly designed, installed, qualified, maintained, and processes properly validated.
• Ensuring all Safety & Quality Standards, as well as Regulatory commitments, are met with the highest standards of quality.
• Ensuring on-time/on-budget execution of the project.
• Ensuring project risks are properly identified, followed-up and reported, and that mitigation plans are implemented.
• Ensuring the building delivered complies with the performance targets committed in the SPE.
• Building and executing Manufacturing staffing and training plans along the project execution and running operations.
• Preparing and supporting strategic workforce planning.
• Preparing and supporting proper integration of the new facility within the legacy Vitry site.
• Providing the Manufacturing schedule to support the project execution as well as the manufacturing ramp-up until routine activities are settled.
• Contributing with MSAT to the optimal process definition for new equipment and facility to ensure process robustness, product quality and costs optimization based of the current production process analysis (equipment, organization).
• CapEx management and COGs optimization are a must and the project head is accountable to deliver the most optimiun efficiency.
• Representing the site in front of authorities (ANSM, EMA, FDA, WHO).

About you

• Master’s degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, or Biotechnology
• Broad industrial experience in the pharmaceutical business (>10 years)
• >10 years of large teams’ management experience (+100 people)
• Experience in multi-site operations, global projects and matrix management.
• Thorough knowledge of cGMP and regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to build highly performing teams.
• Fluent in French and English
• Strive to result and ability to make decision in a complex and high speed environment
• Intercultural experience
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to influence and build strong relationships with internal and external partners.

Why choose us

• Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team.
• Discover endless opportunities to grow your talent and drive your career, whether it’s through a promotion or lateral move, at home or internationally.
• Enjoy a thoughtful, well-crafted rewards package that recognizes your contribution and amplifies your impact.
• Take good care of yourself and your family, with a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits including high-qualit